SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-2005(a), is amended by adding a new subdivision to read as follows:

(9) Require as part of the application for initial authorization of a postsecondary educational institution a full set of fingerprints of all owners and the directors of the institution to enable a criminal background investigation to be conducted. The commission shall submit the completed fingerprint card to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which is authorized to submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. Dissemination of information provided to the commission as a result of this process shall be governed by Public Law 92-544.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1998, the public welfare requiring it.